Crown Tools 235 1/4" Spindle Gouge. This quality Spindle Gouge is hot forged and ground and finished by hand from M2 High Speed Steel (Rockwell 62/64), which gives up to six times the edge life of carbon tools. It is fitted with an ergonomically designed stained 8-1/2-Inch 216-mm Beechwood handle with heavy duty brass ferrule.